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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kent D Choquette, New Providence, NJ (US);
Robert S Freund, Livingston, NJ (US);
Minghwei Hong, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H15 / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 45 ; 372 46 ; 372 96 ;
Abstract
The present applicants have discovered that one can make a surface emitting laser with enhanced optical confinement and improved heat sinking characteristics by etching away portions of the growth layers peripheral to the intended laser cavity and regrowing peripheral regions of material having a lower index of refraction than the active region. Using low damage etching and either in situ regrowth or hydrogen plasma cleaning followed by regrowth, a surface emitting laser having enhanced optical isolation and heat sinking characteristics can be made.